Wire-fence machine.



G. H. HAISLEY.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoEQ CHARLES I-I. HAISLEY, OF MUN CIE, INDIANA,ASSIGNOR TO KITSELMAN BROTHERS, OF

MUNCIE, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA. I

WIRE-FENCE MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. HAISLEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Muncie, in the county ofDelaware and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wire-Fence Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has reference to improvements in wire fabricatingmachines and relates particularly to machines for making wire fencefabrics for farm, field and poultry uses.

The invention has for its object to improve t-hat type of wire fencefabricating machines, wherein a fence fabric is made including aplurality of longitudinal running or strand wires connected by aplurality of transverse stay or picket wires; said stay or picket wiresunited to the running or strand wires by loops which are formed in thestay or picket wires and wrapped or coiled around the running or strandwires. The ends of said stays or pickets are merely coiled or wrappedaround the outside marginal or selvage wires, constituting said fencefabric.

The invention has for a further object to provide a plurality ofcontinuously operating wire spindles, each of said spindles having awrapper head and retractable looping pins associated therewith and whichrevolve in unison with said spindles; said retractable looping pinsadapted to be intermittently projected through said wrapping heads intooperative position to engage and form loops in a wire preparatory tosaid loops being wrapped by said wrapping heads around other wires, saidprojection of the looping pins being at predetermined intervals, and ata moment when the wire in which the loops are to be formed, is in theposition to be engaged by said pins for the purpose of connecting saidloops of wire to other wires.

A further object of the invention is to operate continuously the coilingspindles and to intermittently retract and project the looping means ofsaid spindles. The mechanism for operating the looping means of thesuccessive spindles is graduated, whereby Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed July 24, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1912.

Serial No. 640,280.

loops are successively formed in the stay during the continuousoperation of said spindles.

That the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this description, in which:-

Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, showing so much of a wirefabricating machine as is deemed necessary to illustrate the applicationof my invention thereto; the looping pin of the wrapping head in thisfigure being shown in a position preparatory to engage a stay wire toform a looptherein, which said loop will be wrapped around the strandwire shown passingv through the wrapping head; Fig. 2 is a view similarto Fig. 1, with the exception that only the upper half of the mechanismis shown, the parts being in a position where the stay has been loopedand such loop wrapped or coiled about the running wire, and the loopingpin retracted, preparatory to drawing the strand and stay wire throughthe wrapping head; Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, the parts beingin that position where the strand and stay wire have been connected andare being drawn through the wrapping head, the looping pin stillretracted and a new stay in a position to be delivered on to thewrapping head and just prior to that operation shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 4:is a detailed view, partly in section, showing more clearly, awire guidefor the stay wire, which is only shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2-and 3; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a plurality of wrapping heads which havebeen shown as arranged in two separate series; and showing in dottedlines, the stay feeding means and the position of the stay when on thewrapping heads, preparatory to forming the loops therein; Fig. 6 is anelevation of the mechanisms shown in Fig. 5; Figs. 7 8, 9 and 10 show indotted lines and full lines, the plurality of wrapping heads arranged intwo series, as in Fig. 5, and the successive figures show theprogressive steps in the operation of forming the loops in a stay wire,the wrapping of said loops around the strand wires and the severing ofthe stay into two separate and distinct stays. Fig.

11 is a diagrammatical plan view of partof the two series of wrappingheads and the pin projecting mechanisms. Fig. 12 is a diagrammaticalview of the pin operating cams of the portion of the left hand seriesshown in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is a diagrammatical view of the pin operatingcams of the I portion of the right hand series shown in Fig. 11.

My invention, as will be inferred from the foregoing description, hasreference particularly to the continuous operation of the coilingspindles and wrapping heads, and the intermittent projection of thelooping pins through the wrapping heads, for forming loops in a stay,preparatory to said loops being wrapped around a plurality of strandwires.

It is of course understood that the invention is intended to be used inconnection with wire fabricating machines, and while I have seen fit toshow it associated wit-h a preferred form of mechanism for feeding anddelivering a stay or stays in the position to be acted upon by saidlooping pins, and for severing a stay into two distinct stays, for thepurpose of forming two distinct rolls of fabric simultaneously, I do notwish to limit myself to this particular application of the invention. Iwish it further understood that I lay no claim to being the first tomanufacture a fence fabric including running or strand wires and stay orpicket wires connected thereto by looping the stays or pickets at theintersection of the running or strand wires and wrapping or coiling suchloops around the same; nor do I lay claim to being the first to arrangea plurality of coiling spindles having wrapping heads in which operatelooping pins for forming loops in the stay or picket wires, andthereafter wrapping said loops around a plurality of strand or runningwires; nor do I lay claim to being the first to arrange a plurality ofcoiling spindles having wrapping heads and looping pins which aredivided into two sets or series and the severing mechanisms for cuttingthe stays, whereby two rolls of fence are simultaneously produced on theone machine; nor do I lay claim to being the first to employ theparticular stay feed and delivering mechanism as shown in the drawings,forming a part of this description; but I believe that I am the first toemploy in a machine of the type shown, a plurality of continuouslyoperated coiling or wrapping spindles provided with looping pins whichare adapted to be intermittently projected through the rotation of suchspindles, for engaging a stay at intervals andforming loops in suchstay, which said loops are subsequently wrapped about longitudinalrunning or strand wires.

In the following description, no attempt will be made to disclose ordescribe the complete machine, such for instance as the frame structureand the entire or combined mechanism which is associated with themechanism shown and described, necessary to the production of acompleted machine, and to initiate and carry on the operation of suchmechanism; with the exception of that mechanism cooperating with andnecessary to the continuous operation of the coiling spindles andwrapping heads and the intermittent movement of the looping pins throughthe wrapping heads.

In the drawings, the table of the machine is indicated as 1 and saidtable is provided with a plurality of openings 2 in which are revolublymounted wrapping heads 3. The wrapping heads are secured on the upperend of tubular spindles 1; the lower ends of which are ournaled inbrackets 5 secured to a cross frame 6 The cross frame 6 and the table 1are intended to form a part of or be attached to the. general frame workof the machine. The openings 2 in the table 1 may be spaced equidistantfrom each other or they may be arranged at graduated distances apart. Ifequi-distant or uniformly spaced, it is obvious that the longitudinalrunning or strand wires would be equally spaced apart, and if graduated,that the spacing of the longitudinal strand or running wires would beirregularly spaced apart. In Fig. 5, wherein a plan view is shown of aplurality of coilers, they are shown in two separate series, one serieson either side of a suitable cutting mechanism, whereby two rolls offabric may be made simultaneously.

The tubular spindles 4c are arranged to have longitudinal running orstrand wires A passed up through the same, such wires being fed fromcoilers or spools, and after the stays have been attached thereto, thecompleted fabric is drawn off and wound up by a reel or drum, not shown.On the lower end of the spindles 4 are carried gear wheels. 6,preferably miter gears, and these gears mesh with similar gears 7 on theforward end of short transverse shafts S. The shafts S are journaled attheir forward ends in the brackets 5 and their rear ends journaled inbrackets 9, which like the brackets 5, are secured to the frame (3. Onthe rear ends of the shafts 8 are carried gears 10, preferably bevelgears, and the gears 10 mesh with the larger bevel gears 11 on alongitudinally disposed shaft 12 journaled in any suitable manner in theframe of the machine. At some suitable point on the shaft 12 is carrieda gear wheel 13, preferably a spur gear, which is shown in dotted linesin Fig. 1, and the gear 18 is in mesh with and driven by the larger gearwheel 14 carried on a longitudinally disposed shaft 15. The shaft 15 isunderstood to be the driving shaft and may receive its power direct froma suitable source of power or receive its power indirectly, it beingimmaterial in what manner such shaft is driven. On the shaft 15 at somesuitable point, preferably near one end thereof, is carried a gear wheel16, preferably a spur gear, and the gear 16 meshes with an idler gear 17carried by a shaft 18, and the gear 17 in turn meshes with and impartspower to a gear wheel 19 on what will be known as a cam shaft 20, saidshaft extending longitudinally of the machine and journaled in anysuitable manner.

It will be observed that power is trans mitted from the driving shaft 15to the spindles 4, as well as the cam shaft 20, and that while thespindles 4 are driven much more rapidly than the driving shaft 15because of the great reduction in the gearing between the driving shaftand the spindles, the cam shaft rotates approximately, if not at thesame speed, with the driving shaft 15. The driving shaft is intended tobe driven continuously, which in turn will cause the spindles 4, or camshaft 20 to be driven not only simultaneously, but in unison therewith.Each of the wrapping heads is provided with a cap-plate 21 and each capplate has an opening 22 therein (see Fig. 5), such opening extendingfrom the center of the plate to a point near its peripheral edge,through which the strand wires A pass, and through which certain loopingpins, to be described, are projected. The openings 22 in each of the capplates 21 communicate with the circular recesses 23, in the capplates 21(see Fig. 5), the function of such recesses being hereinafter moreparticularly described.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 24 designates sleeves which are featheredon the spindles 4, so that during the rotation of the sleeves with thespindles, such sleeves may be reciprocated or moved longitudinally backand forth or up and down on said spindles. Each sleeve is provided witha pin 25, which 1 have seen fit to designate as a looping pin, and saidpins extend upwardly from the sleeves through suitable openings in thewrapping heads 3, and when projected, eX- tend through the openings 22in the capplates 21 secured to said wrapping head. It is to be notedthat the pin 25 is entirely without the spindle, that is, it is spacedtherefrom and has no connection therewith other than indirectly throughthe sleeve 24. Each sleeve has a groove 26, and to reciprocate or movethe sleeves up and down on the spindles 4, levers 27 are provided whichare fulcrumed at 28 in brackets 29 secured to the lower face of thetable 1, and said levers have yokes 30 operating in the grooves 26 ofthe sleeves 24, so that when the levers are actuated, they will in turndepress or lower and elevate or raise said sleeves 24, and with them,the pins 25. The rear end of each lever 27 is provided with a roller 31operating in a cam groove 32 of cam wheel 33 on the cam shaft 20. It isunderstood that there is'a lever 27 for each spindle 4 and its sleeve24, and that there is also a cam wheel 33 wit-h the cam groove 32 foreach lever 27 on the cam shaft 20. The cam groove 32 of each of the camwheels 33 has the long regular grooved portion 34 and the very muchshorter irregular grooved portion 35. When the roller 31 of each lever27 is riding through the long regular grooved portion 34, the levers 27are in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 holding the sleeves 24 withthe pins 25 in their lower positions on the spindles 4, but when thesaid rollers 31 on the levers 27 are moved through the shorter irregulargrooved portion 35 of the cam wheels 33, the levers are operated toraise or elevate the sleeves 24 on the spindles 4 and project the pins25 up through the wrapping heads 3 and through the openings 22 in thecap-plates 21. As the rollers 31 enter the irregular grooves 35, thesleeves 24 and pins 25 are elevated and as said rollers 31 leave suchgrooves, the sleeves and their pins are lowered to a retracted andinoperative position.

In the manufacture of fence fabric where the stays are formed with loopsat intervals and said loops wrapped or coiled around the longitudinalrunning or strand wires, enough slack must be taken up out of the staywire to form a loop before the operation of taking up other slack toform another loop begins. I accomplish this by adjusting the cam wheels33 on the cam shaft 20 so that the smaller irregular grooves 35 of theadjacent and successive cam wheels are positioned at graduated distancesrelatively to each other around the shaft 20, whereby the cam wheel 33for elevating the first sleeve 24 with its looping pin 25, will placesuch looping pin in a position to take up suflicient slack in the staywire to form a loop before the second looping pin starts to produce theslack for forming the second loop. This operation is carried on witheach of the successive and adjacent looping pins, and the arrangement isillustrated diagrammatically in Figs. 11, 12, and 13, wherein the camwheels 33 corresponding to the wrapping heads a, Z), c, and (Z, of Figs.7 to 10, are indicated as a, b, c, and (Z for the left-hand series anda, 5", 0", and d for the right-hand series. derstood that these camwheels 33 are so adjusted on the shaft 20 that the cam grooves thereinactuate the levers 27 progressively across the machine, with the eX-ception that the cam wheels a and a operate their levers before the camwheels Z) and I) operate their levers. This is true whether only one setor series of coiling spindles and looping pins are used or It is to beunwhether the coiling spindles and looping pins are used in two series,as shown in Figs. 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

If only one set or series of spindles and looping pins are used, a stayis projected across the machine and the slack would be taken up in thestay for the successive loops, drawing in the wire from the loops,preferably all from one side or one end of the stay. If two sets orseries of spindles and looping pins are used, as is illustrated in Figs.5, 7, S, 9, and 10, then the slack for the loops will be drawn in a stayfrom the opposite ends of said stay or stays. Vith this manner offorming the stay and loops, the stay is fed so that there will be leftextra long ends at the opposite ends of the stays and the loopingportion will be started approximately centrally of the stay or stays andthe looping pins brought into successive operation, starting from thecenter of the machine and ending up at the opposite ends of the stay orstays. In the present operation, as shown in the drawings, I prefer tostart the looping operation with the looping pins of the second coilersof the two separate sets or series of coilers from the two inner or endcoilers of said sets or series. In other words, referring to Fig. 7wherein the wrapping heads and looping pins are shown in dotted lines,the span wires A are shown in full lines, the parts are in a neutralposition; that is, while the coilers are presumed to be rotating, thelooping pins have not started their looping operation.

In Fig. 8, the second coilers a, a of the two separate sets or series ofcoilers, starting from the two inner and adjacent coilers Z), Z) of thetwo sets or series, show the looping pins, 25, in full lines, havingbeen projected to engage the stay wire 13 to form loops C, the positionof said looping pins being in that position just prior to the retractionof same, for drawing the loops down into the recesses 23 of thecap-plates 21, whereby the walls of the recesses 23 will act, during thecontinued rotation of the spindles, to wrap or coil said loops C aroundthe strand wires A. The looping pins 25 of the next adjacent coilers c(Fig. 8) are shown in a position just prior to their engaging the staywire B to produce slack in the stay and form loops as shown on thecoilers a, a. However, the looping pins of the coilers 0 do not draw inthe slack until the looping pins of the coilers a, a have taken upsufficient slack, formed their loops and are ready to be retracted. Thisis deemed necessary so that there will be no undue tension on the wirebetween the coilers and cause the same to snap or break, or be undulystrained, weakening that part of the fabric. As shown in Fig. 8, theoperation of the looping pins of the coilers a draws in slack from theopposite ends of the stay, leaving the wire taut between the coilers aof the two separate series.

In Fig. 9 the loo-ping pins of the coilers a are shown retracted andtheir loops being wrapped around the strand wires, while on the coilers0 the looping pins are in the act of taking up the slack and forming theloops, and at a time just prior to the projection of the looping pins onthe next ad jacent coilers cl.

In Fig. 10, the loops on coilers a are in that position where thewrapping or coiling of the same about the strand wires is nearlycompleted; the loops on coilers 0 are still in the act of being wrappedor coiled around the strand wires passing through such coilers and thelooping pins on coilers d have been projected, the slack being taken upand the loops in the act of being formed. Subsequently to the projectionof the looping pins on the coilers Z) to start the taking up of theslack in the stay to form the loops to be wrapped around the strandspassing through coilers 0, a movable cutter bar 36 shown in dottedlines, is operated and in conjunction with the stationary cutter bar 37shown in dotted lines, severe the stay length between the coilers Z),separating such stay length 13 into two separate stay lengths, one foreach separate set or series of coilers, whereby two distinct rolls offence fabric may be simultaneously formed. Immediately upon theseverance of the stay length B into two parts, the pins 25 of thecoilers b are projected and engage the ends of the separate staysections and cause them to be wrapped or coiled around the innermarginal wires passing through the two inner and adjacent coilers Z).The operation of looping the stays at intervals and wrap nng said loopsaround the successive and adjacent strand wires is carried on throughoutthe two separate series of coilers, until the last or outside coilersare reached, when the ends of the stays are wrapped around the outsidemarginal wires.

Severing the stay section B into two separate and distinct stay sectionsas shown in Fig. 10, makes it necessary to rotate the two inner andadjacent coilers Z) in a direction opposite to the remainder of thecoilers of the separate sets or series. To accomplish this, the gearwheels 11 on the longitudinal shaft 12 which operate the short shafts Sfor rotating the coilers Z) have a reverse position on the shaft 12, tothat shown 111 Fig. 1 so as to impart a reverse operation to the coilersb, or rotate the same in the direction indicated by the arrows, see Fig.It being presumed this operation is understood, it is thoughtunnecessary to illustrate the reverse position of the gears 11 on theshaft 12 to drive the coilers b, as stated.

To feed and deliver a stay wire into a.

position from which may be severed the stay B and such stay B deliveredon to the wrapping heads, I employ and show the following mechanism: 38and 39 designate feed wheels, shown in dotted lines, for the stay feedwire I). These wheels are intended to cooperat-e to shoot a stay wireacross the machine and may-be intermittently operated by any suitablemeans. One of the said wheels, preferably the wheel 39, should becontinuously driven, whereas one of said wheels, preferably wheel 38,should be intermittently moved into position whereby a frictionalengagement may be made with the stay feed wire D. Located in advance ofthe wrapping heads 3 and extending transversely thereto above the table1, is shown a feeding drum 4O journaled in any suitable manner upon saidtable and driven by any suitable means, so long as the mechanism foroperating said drum imparts an intermittent rotation thereto. This drumis provided with a plurality of longitudinally disposed wire grooves orslots 41 for receiving the stay wire D when they move to a properposition, said stay wire being projected by the wheels 38 and 39 throughsaid grooves 41, and when a proper length of stay wire has been fed intosuch grooves through the operation of rotating the drum 40, a staysection B is severed from said stay wire D. Said severing mechanism,which is not shown, is preferably located at the end of the drum 40,where the stay wire D is fed into the grooves thereof. The character ofthis cutting mechanism is immaterial.

A. guide comprising a bar or plate 42 is placed in front of the frame 40in the manner shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 to prevent the stays fromslipping out or becoming dislodged from the grooves 41 of the drum, anda plurality of overhanging guides such as 43, are also provided to insure the stay B remaining in the grooves of the drum, and such guides 43terminate at a point where it is desired to have said stays D dischargedfrom the drum and delivered on to the wrapping heads. The stays Bleaving the drum, drop on to the inclined surfaces 44 of brackets 45,which insure the stays B, being directed toward the center of thewrapping heads 3 of the coilers 4 and adjacent to the strand wires Apassing therethrough, being that position where the looping pins areenabled to engage the stay wires to produce the loops C. which arewrapped around the strand wires A. The drum 40 is provided with aplurality of annular grooves 46 and the brackets 45 are correspondinglynumbered and coincide with and extend in such grooves as shown in Figs.1, 2 and 3, which insure that the stay sections B, when they reach the,inclined surfaces of such brackets, will be discharged from such drum.The brackets'45 are further provided with the off-set portions 47 whichextend part way over the wrapping heads 3, under which the looping pins25 are projected, when such pins are moved to a position preparatory totaking up the slack for the loop in the stay wire. In other words, it isat this point that the operation of projecting the looping pins throughthe wrapping heads 3 and plates 21 is initiated.

In addition to the guides formed by brackets 45, which coincide with andpartially overlie the wrappers of the spindles 4, I employ other guides48, shown in full lines in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and in dotted lines in Figs.1, 2 and 3. The guides 48 are disposed as shown in Fig. 5, between theadj acent wrapping heads of the sets or series of coilers and have theiracting ends beveled or inclined as at 49. The beveled ends 49 of theguides are disposed in the same plane and conforming to the beveled orinclined faces of the brackets 45, so that when the stay wire passesover the beveled or inclined faces of the brackets 45, they will alsopass over the inclined faces 49 of the guides. The function of theguides 48 is not only to assist in the proper delivery of the stay wireon to the. wrapping heads and adjacent the strand wires, but to preventthe stay wires moving forward in the direction of the drum, in whichposition they might prevent or interfere with the projection andoperation of the looping pins.

It is the function of the looping pins after the formation of a loop, todraw it down into the recesses 23. This may be done frictionally orpositively by having the ends of the pins bent. This is an old methodand is not new with me.

Cotiperating with the drum feed of the machine are the pivoted stayengaging arms 50 carried by the longitudinally disposed rocking rod 51.These arms operate when depressed to engage the stays and insure theirdischarge from the drum. The drum is provided with a series of annulargrooves, not shown, but similar to those indicated as 46, through whichthe arms 50 pass as they are raised and lowered. The arms are raised bythe stays when the finished fabric is being drawn out, as shown in Fig.3 and are lowered throughthe engagement of the forward movement offingers 52 engaging fingers 53 on the rocking shaft 51. The fingers 52are operated by one or more levers 54 fulcrumed at 55 in brackets 56secured to the cross frame 6 and said lever or levers are provided witha roller 57 operating in the cam groove 58, shown in dotted lines inFigs. 1, 2 and 3, which may be formed on or made a part of one or morecam wheels on the cam shaft 20, being preferably formed on the reverseside of one or more of the tab cam wheels, The cam grooves 58 in whichoperate the rollers 57, are so arranged that the fingers 52 will beretracted as shown in Fig.' 3 at the proper moment to allow the fabricto be drawn out, raising the arms 50, and subsequently and at the propermoment, the levers 54 are operated to move the fingers 52 forward,depressing or lowering the arms 50 to engage the stay, in the manner andfor the purpose explained.

The levers 54 are connected in a suitable manner with presser arms 59,which are movable with the fingers 52, in guides 60. The presserarms-are retracted and moved forward with the alternate operations ofthe levers 54, and said presser arms are each provided with a wireengaging off-set 61, which offsets move into position and overlie thestay to assist in retaining the same in proper working position.

The arms 50, fingers 58, levers 54; and presser arms 59, may or may notbe used, depending of course on the character of the stay feed, but areso shown, and in a general way described, as a means to cooperate withthe stay feed, to the perfect operation of the machine. It is obviousthat some other form of feed might well be introduced in themachinewithout affecting the application of my invention thereto.

What I claim is 1. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, acontinuously operating coiling spindle, a wrapping head thereon havingan opening therethrough, a sleeve feathered on the spindle, a pincarried by the sleeve and operable through the opening in said head, andmeans for intermittently sliding said sleeve on said spindle during therotation of the latter.

, 2. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofcontinuously operating coiling spindles, a wrapping head on each spindlehaving an opening therethrough, a sleeve feathered on each spindle andcarrying a pin operable through the opening in its wrapping head,separate operating means for each sleeve and pin, said operating meanshaving agraduated relation with vrespect to each other, whereby thesleeves are progressively operated, and means for actuating saidoperating means.

3. In a wire fabricating machine, a plurality of spindles, a drivingshaft, gearing between said shaft and spindles for continuously rotatingthe latter, a pin rec-iprocably carried on each spindle, a cam shaft,means for continuously operating said cam shaft, a plurality of camwheels on said cam shaft, one for each spindle, and means for opera ingthe pins of the respective spindles from said cam wheels.

4:. In a Wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofspindles, a driving shaft, means for continuously operating saidspindles from said shaft, a pin reciprocably carried on each spindle torotate therewith, a cam shaft, means for operating the same, a pluralityof cam wheels on the cam shaft, the successive cam wheels having theiroperating portions spaced at graduated intervals relatively to eachother around said shaft, and means actuated by the cam Wheels foroperating said pins.

5. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofspindles through which strand wires are d'awn, means for delivering staywires upon and transversely of said spindles, guides for preventingdisplacement of such stay wires, pins carried by said spindles to rotatetherewith and adapted to be reciprocated thereon, means for continuouslyoperating said spindles, a plurality of cam wheels, and means operatedby said cam wheels for projecting and withdrawing said pins.

6. 'In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofspindles through which strand wires are drawn, means for intermittentlydepositing stay wires across said spindles, means for impartingcontinuous rotation to said spindles, reciprocable wire engaging pinscarried by said spindles, a continuously driven shaft, a pin operatingmember for each pin carried'by said shaft, said operating members beingso arranged relatively to each other that the pins of the successivespindles will be projected into wire engaging position progressively,and means operated by said members for actuating said pins.

7. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofcontinuously driven spindles, a driving shaft, gearing between saidshaft and said spindles, a sleeve feathered on each spindle, a wireengaging pin carried by each sleeve, a cam shaft, a plurality of camwheels on said cam shaft, each cam wheel having a long regular grooveand a short irregular groove, and a lever in operative relation with thesleeve of each spindle and having a roller movable in the grooves ofeach cam wheel.

8. In a wire fence machine, in combination, a plurality of coiling stemseach provided with a coiler head, a collar slidable on each stem, a pinattached to each collar and operable through the coiler head, a camlever for reciprocating each collar and pin. and a wheel having a camgroove for operating each lever.

9. In a wire fence machine, in combination, a plurality of coiling stemseach provided with a coiler head, a collar slidable on each stem, a pinattached to each collar and operable through the coiler head, a camlever for reciprocating each collar and pin, and a wheel having a camgroove for operating each lever, said cam groove having a long regularportion to hold said pin in a retracted position and a short irregularportion to project said pin, the operating portions of said cam wheelsbeing spaced at graduated intervals relatively to each other to operatethe cam levers progressively across the machine.

10. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a continuouslyoperating coiling spindle, a wrapping head thereon having an openingtherethrough, a sleeve feathered on said spindle, a pin carried by saidsleeve and operable through said opening in said head, and means forsliding said sleeve on said spindle to project said pin during therotation of said spindle.

11. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a continuouslyoperating coiling spindle, a wrapping head thereon having an openingtherethrough, a sleeve feathered on said spindle, a pin carried by saidsleeve and operable through said opening in said head, and means forreciprocating said sleeve on said spindle to project and retract saidpin during the rotation of said spindle.

12. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofcontinuously operating coiler spindles, a wrapping head on each spindleand having an opening there through, a sleeve feathered on each spindle,a pin carried by each sleeve and operable through the opening in itswrapping head, and means to operate each sleeve to project said pinduring the rotation of said spindle.

13. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofcontinuously operating coiler spindles, a wrapping head on each spindlehaving an opening there through, a sleeve feathered on each spindle, apin carried by each sleeve and operable through the opening in itsWrapping head, and means to operate each sleeve to project said pinduring the rotation of said spindle, said operating means being arranged so that the sleeves are progressively operated.

14. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofcontinuously operating coiling spindles, a Wrapping head on each spindlehaving an opening therethrough, a sleeve feathered on each spindle, apin carried by each sleeve andoperable through the opening in itswrapping head, and means for operating each sleeve to reciprocate itspin during the rotation of said spindle.

15. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofcontinuously operating coiling spindles, a wrapping head on each spindlehaving an opening therethrough, a sleeve feathered on each spindle, apin carried by each sleeve and operable through the opening in itswrapping head, and means for operating each sleeve to reciprocate itspin during the rotation of said spindle, said operating means being soarranged that the sleeves are progressively operated.

16. In a wire fence machine, the combination with a coiling stemprovided with a coiler head, of a collar slidable on said stem, a pinattached to said collar and operable through said coiler head, a leverfor reciprocating said collar and pin, and a wheel having a cam groovefor operating said lever.

17 In a wire fence machine, the combination with a coiling stem providedwith a continuously rotated coiler head, a collar slidably feathered onsaid stem, a pin attached to said collar and operable through saidcoiler head, a cam lever for reciprocating said collar and pin, a camfor positively moving said collar and pin in one direction, and anothercam for positively moving said collar and pin in the oppositedirect-ion.

18. In a wire fence machine, the combina tion with a coiling stemprovided with a coiler head, of a collar slidable on said stem, a pinattached to said collar and operable through said coiler head, a leverfor reciprocating said collar and pin, and a Wheel having a cam groove,said cam groove having a long regular portion to hold said pin in aretracted position and a short irregular portion to project said pin.

19. In a Wire fence machine, the combination with a coiling stemprovided with acontinuously rotated coiler head, av collar slidablyfeathered on said stem, a pin attached to said collar and operablethrough said coiler head, a lever for reciprocating said collar and pin,a cam for operating said lever to positively move said collar and pin inone direction, and another cam for operating said lever to positivelymove said collar and pin in the opposite direction.

20. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a continuouslyoperating coiler spindle, a wrapping head thereon having an openingtherethrough, a sleeve slidable on said spindle, a pin secured to saidsleeve and operable through the opening in said head, and means forreciprocating said sleeve and said pin on said spindle.

21. In a wire fabricating machine, in co1nbination, a continuouslyoperating coiler spindle, a wrapping head thereon having an openingtherethrough, a sleeve slidable on said spindle and rotating therewith,a pin secured to said sleeve and operable through the opening in saidhead, and means for reciprocating said sleeve and said pin on saidspindle.

22. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a continuouslyoperating coiling spindle, a wrapping head thereon having an openingtherethrough, a sleeve slidably feathered on said spindle, a pin securedto said sleeve and operable through the opening in said head, and meansfor reciprocating said sleeve and said pin on said spindle.

23. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a continuouslyoperating coiling spindle, a wrapping head thereon having an openingtherethrough, a sleeve slidable on said spindle, a pin secured to saidsleeve and operable through said opening in said head, and means forreciprocating said pin during the rotation of said spindle.

24. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a support, a drivingshaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of coiling spindles, said coiling spindles carrying pins, gearconnections from one of said counter-shafts to continuously drive saidcoiling spindles, and a plurality of cam wheels on another of saidcounter-shafts operating to project and retract said pins during therotation of said spindles.

25. In a wire fabricatingmachine, in combination, a support, a drivingshaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of coiling spindles journaled in said support, each coilingspindle carrying a pin, a gear on each of said coiling spindles, asupplemen tal shaft in operative connection with each gear and alsooperatively connected with one of said counter-shafts to continuouslydrive said coiling spindles, a lever for each of said pins, and a camwheel for each of said levers, said cam wheels being secured to anotherof said counter-shafts and operating through said levers to reciprocatesaid pins during the rotation of said spindles.

26. In a wire fabricating machine, in com-- bination, a support, adriving shaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of coiling spindles journaled in said support, each coilingspindle carrying a pin, a gear on each of said coiling spindles, asupplemental shaft in operative connection with each gear and alsooperatively connected with one of said counter-shafts to continuouslydrive said coiling spindles, a lever for each of said pins, and a camwheel for each of. said levers, said cam wheels being secured to anotherof said countershafts and operating through said levers to reciprocatesaid pins during the rotation of said spindles, said cam wheels beingarranged so as to operate said pins progressively.

27. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a support, a drivingshaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of gear wheels on one of said countenshafts, an auxiliaryshaft operatively connected to each of said gear wheels, each of saidauxiliary shafts having a gear thereon, a coiling spindle driven by eachof said last mentioned gears, said coiling spindles carrying pins, aplurality of cam wheels on another of said counter-shafts, andconnections between said cam wheels and said pins to reciprocate saidpins during the rotation of said spindles,

28. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a support, a drivingshaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of gear wheels on one of said counter-shafts, an auxiliaryshaft operatively connected to each of said gear wheels, each of saidauxil iary shafts having a gear thereon, a coiling spindle driven byeach of said last mentioned gears, said coiling spindles carrying pins,a plurality of cam wheels on another of said counter-shafts, andconnections be tween said cam wheels and said pins to reciprocate said.pins during the rotation of said spindle, said cam wheels being soarranged as to operate said pins progressively.

29. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a support, a drivingshaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of gear wheels on one of said counter-shafts, an auxiliaryshaft driven by each of said gears, a coiling spindle having a gear atone of its extremities driven by each auxiliary shaft, said coilingspindles carrying pins, a cam wheel for each pin on another of saidcounter-shafts, and connections between each of said cam wheels and eachpin whereby each pin is reciprocated.

30. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a support, a drivingshaft disposed longitudinally on said support, a plurality ofcounter-shafts on said support driven from said driving shaft, aplurality of coiling spindles, said coiling spindles carrying pins, gearconnections from the lower one of said counter-shafts to continuouslydrive said coiling shafts, and a plurality of cain wheels on the uppercounter-shaft having connections operating to reciprocate said pinsduring the rotation of said spindles.

31. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a rotatable spindle,a sleeve slidably carried on said spindle, a pin secured on said sleeve,a wheel having a cam groove, and a lever engaging said cam groove andsaid sleeve whereby said sleeve and pin are actuated by said cam groove.

32. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a rotatable spindle,a sleeve slidably mounted on said spindle, a pin carried by said sleeve,a wheel having a cam groove, a lever engaging said sleeve, and a rolleron said lever operating in said cam groove whereby said sleeve and pinare actuated from said cam groove.

33. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a rotatable spindle,a grooved sleeve slidably mounted on said spindle, a pin carried by saidsleeve, a wheel having a cam groove therein, and a lever having a yokeengaging the groove in said sleeve, said lever also having a rolleroperating in said cam groove.

34. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a rotatable spindle,a sleeve slidably feathered on said spindle, said sleeve being grooved,a wheel having a cam groove therein, and a lever having a yoke engagingsaid groove in said sleeve, said lever also operating in said camgroove, whereby said sleeve and pin are actuated by said cam groove.

35. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a support including atable having openings therein, rotatable spindles having wrapping headsdisposed in said openings, said wrapping heads having openingstherethrough, a sleeve slidably feathered on each spindle, a pin carriedby each sleeve and adapted to be projected through the opening in itswrapping head, a wheel for each spindle having a cam groove therein, alever for each spindle pivoted beneath said table and engaging saidsleeve at one end and having a roller operating in said cam groove atthe other end, whereby said pins are actuated by said cam wheels, andmeans for rotating said spindles.

36. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a spindle, means forcontinuously rotating said spindle, a pin carried by said spindle torotate therewith, said pin being positioned without said spindle, andmeans for intermittently projecting and retracting said pin during therotation of said spindle.

37. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofspindles, means for continuously rotating said spindles, a pin carriedby each spindle to rotate therewith, said pins being positioned withoutsaid spindles, and means for projecting and repins of the successivespindles 39. In a wire fabricating machine, in com-' bination, aspindle, means for continuously rotating said spindle, a pin carried bysaid spindle to rotate therewith, said pin being positioned without saidspindle, and means for projecting said pin.

40. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a spindle, means forcontinuously rotating said spindle, a pin carried by said spindle torotate therewith, said pin being positioned without said spindle, andmeans for projecting said pin during the rotation of said spindle.

41. In a wire fabricating machine, in com- I bination, a spindle, meansfor continuously rotating said spindle, a pin carried by said spindle torotate therewith, said pin being positioned without said spindle, andmeans for reciprocating said pin.

42. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofspindles, means for continuously rotating said spindles, a pin carriedby each spindle to rotate therewith, said pins being positioned withoutsaid spindles, and separate means for projecting each pin during therotation of its spindle.

4.3. In a wire fabricating machine, in combination, a plurality ofspindles, means for continuously rotating said spindles, a pin carriedby each spindle to rotate therewith, said pins being positioned withoutsaid spindles, and separate means for projecting and retracting each pinduring the rotation of its spindle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. HAISLEY.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. HARTMAN, O. L. BARBER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O."

